Definitions for red-alder

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Red-Alder is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in red-alder (-addeelrr).

Definitions for red-alder

noun

1. a tree, Alnus oregona (or A. rubra), of western North America, having smooth, mottled light gray bark and oval serrate leaves.
2. the hard, red wood of this tree, used for making furniture.

Origin of red-alder

First recorded in 1905-10

Examples for red-alder

Where this tree and red alder occupy the same range they are commonly supposed to be the same.

red alder is the largest of the alder group in this country.

red alder is given that name because the newly cut wood is liable to change quickly to a reddish-brown.

The wood of white alder is five pounds lighter per cubic foot than red alder.

The white alder ought to be suitable for nearly every purpose for which red alder is used.

red alder (Alnus oregona) (fig. 24) occurs from Alaska to southern California.

red alder when thoroughly air dry weighs about thirty pounds per cubic foot, which is slightly above the weight of basswood.

The Oregon or red alder reaches eighty feet in height and its trunk may exceed three feet in diameter.